236 Quotes by Andrew Carnegie

The greatest astonishment of my life was the discovery that the man who does the work is not the man who gets rich.

East or West Home is best.

I give money for church organs in the hope the organ music will distract the congregation’s attention from the rest of the service.

All is well since all grows better.

This is where the children of honest poverty have the most precious of all advantages over those of wealth. The mother, nurse, cook, governess, teacher, saint, all in one; the father, exemplar, guide, counselor, and friend! Thus were my brother and I brought up. What has the child of millionaire or nobleman that counts compared to such a heritage?

I wish to have as my epitaph: ‘Here lies a man who was wise enough to bring into his service men who knew more than he.’

If the newspapers begin to publish stories about wars, and the people begin to think and talk of war in their daily conversations, they soon find themselves at war. People get that which their minds dwell upon, and this applies to a group or community or a nation of people, the same as to an individual.

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.

I can’t afford to pay them any other way.